Vernon Howard Quotes

I can say, 'I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it makes me uncomfortable.' Or I could say, 'Get used to being uncomfortable. It is uncomfortable doing something that's risky. But so what? Do you want to stagnate and just be comfortable?'

... to keep moving up ... , you have to abandon the security of that ledge and reach for another hold. Letting go of that sense of security.. is the challenge. ... think of yourself as climbing a ladder. To move to the next rung, you must give up your grip and reach for the next one.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

The thing is most people are afraid to step out, to take a chance beyond their established identity.

Well as giraffes say, you don't get no leaves unless you stick your neck out.

It's only when we have nothing else to hold onto that we're willing to try something very audacious and scary.

Many times in life, we say we want change but are then terrified when the opportunity for it arrives.

I'd rather attempt something I'm not sure I can do.

I think it's important to surrender to situations that take you out of your comfort zone.

Change doesn't come from staying in your safe space.

It's very scary to become someone new, to take that path less followed.

Sometimes you have to take a risk if you want great things to happen.

People get so scared to try things.

I remember all the stages in my career where I almost didn't have enough confidence to try for something, almost didn't have the guts to follow something I was excited about doing, because I didn't know anyone else who'd done it, or other people made me question it.

Whenever there is fear, there is opportunity. When there is great fear, there is great opportunity.

Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.

Risks are a measure of people. People who won't take them are trying to preserve what they have. People who do take them often end up having more. Some risks have a future, and some people call them wrong. But being right may be like walking backwards proving where you've been. Being wrong isn't in the future, or in the past. Being wrong isn't anywhere but being here. Best place to be, eh?

To discover new continents, you must be willing to lose sight of the shore.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

When you attempt something new, there's always fear. A couple of helpful slogans to me are "follow the fear" or "fear is a sign of growth."

Don't be afraid to take that leap into the unknown.

Sometimes we know in our bones what we really need to do, but we're afraid to do it. Taking a chance and stepping beyond the safety of the world we've always known is the only way to grow, though and without risk there is no reward.

If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.

You have to have fear to take risks - and I want to at least try.

Life is like the monkey bars: you have to let go to move forward. Once you make the decision to leap into entrepreneurship, be sure to loosen your grasp on old concepts so you can swing your way to new ones.